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Summary: let's remember
Review: This is the John Waters I like to remember. These two movies with Desperate Living and Polyester are definative examples of his peak as a filmmaker. Pink Flamingos is....well it's Pink Flamingos. Female Trouble isn't quite as good as Pink Flamingos but is worth it for the cha cha heels, playing car accident, and [...]. Pink Flamingos is great, Female Trouble is good and Cecil B. Demented is downright painfully unwatchable. that's it.
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Summary: "I WANT MY CHA-CHA HEELS!!!"
Review: THANK GOD "Female Trouble" is finally available on DVD. I can't wait to see Chicklett and Conchetta taunt the "definetly-reeeetarded" Taffy into the attic to play "car crash." Or watch as Dawn Pigport chops off Aunt Ida's hand and put her in a big birdcage. Poor Gator. Poor, poor Gator. Thank you, John Waters, for making one of the ALL TIME great movies.
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Summary: Good thing come to those who wait!
Review: After about a thousand years, Female Trouble is finally to be released on DVD this October. I've already reserved 2 copies. Grab 'em now folks. Who knows. It might go back into moratorium again. This is truly my most favorite movie on the planet!
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Summary: All dressed up and ready to fall in love..
Review: I have been waiting for "Female Trouble" to come back out on video for about a million years. It is one of my favorite movies. I specifically joined my video store because they have a rental tape of it, which I rent about once a year (and they require a pretty hefty deposit on it to discourage theft). Now to have it on DVD, AND with Pink Flamingos? I couldn't be happier if I won the lottery!Chronicling the life of young Dawn Davenport from early JD to death-row inmate, this demented little gem is sure to make you grin. Shot for about a buck and a half, it has scenes that will have you doubled over laughing (the one with Divine vogueing her way down a downtown Baltimore street in front of shocked and appalled suburbanites is fall-down funny, especially because it was filmed from a passing car: they would stop at the corner, unleash Divine, film her strutting by, get her back in the car, and screech off before one of the shocked populous could call the cops). From her fury over not getting her "Cha Cha heels" to her final "Dying for art", Divine as Dawn gives a relentless, fearless, and furiously funny performance that is well matched by everyone else in the film. Buy this DVD right now!
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Summary: This DVD is Worth Two Million Bucks!!!
Review: That's right, this DVD is probably one of the greatest 2 disc sets you are ever going purchase - each of these films is easily worth a million dollars as far as entertainment value goes. John Water's 2 greatest works of celluloid art that pretty much coined the term "TRASH CINEMA" and gave Water's his "Prince of Puke" title back in the sleazey Seventies. Devine turns in Academy Award worthy performances both as the inimitable and infamous dog-poop eating Babs Johnson, Queen of All Filth, in the ground-breaking disgustoid modern classic, Pink Flamingos; and in Female Trouble, as the completely over-the-top obese she-devil derelict, Dawn Davenport, unhinged on a furious crimespree rampage that easily gives Flamingos a run for it's money in the depraved and disgusting departments. Not only do you get Devine, but each of these film gems also stars the wonderful Edith Massey, appearing in both of these films also in unforgettable roles that only she could play - what a presence! I can't imagine a better set piece than pairing these two films together - the absolute pinnacle of classic trash entertainment that will live forever...I'd give them each 6 stars if I could! Thank You Mr. Waters, you have helped make the world more fun.
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Summary: I Told YOU CHACHA HEELS-BLACK ONES!!!!!
Review: I was introduced to John Waters during my first year at NMSU and was immediately addicted to everything Divine and John Waters! to think this stuff was allowed to make it on film during the 1970's is quite something. John Waters loves to push the envelope and not take himeslf seriously at all. This is what makes his films so insane, delicious, campy and without a doubt NUTS! Pink Flamigos is that wild tale of The Filthiest People Alive and the lives of thos who hate them with a burning jealousy. Divine stars as well, Divine the undisputed queen of all this filth since this is her title and motto. She lives in a trailer home with her retarded mother, Crackers her insane son,and Cotton the traveling blonde companion. They live blissfully together until 2 jalous perverts, Raymond and Connie Marble attempt to steal that title away. Well, this only gets worse and the end result is a totally gross out battle, a disgusting party, a burning trailer, lesbian couples seeking children to adopt and so many insane events to mention. The next film featured here is Female Trouble with Divine as Dawn Davenport, Cookie Muller, Edith Massey,Mink Stole, and the late David Lochary. The premise is not as stomach churning as the PF however, it does have its revolting moments. The story centers on a teenage Dawn Davenport who is upset when her parents failed to give her those much desire cha cha heels for XMAS!!!! As a runaway teen she has no recourse to end up pregnant (with Mink Stole as Taffy)and winding up marrying a heterosexual hairdresser from the Le Lipstick Beauty Salon where she meets the notorios owners, Mr. and Mrs. Dasher!!! these two are hell bent on getting Dawn involved in a life of crime. What is so amazing here is the imagination that it took to dream up such weird and insane stories. There never is a dull moment here folks. But I do promise that you will feel paralyzed by Joh Waters and his legendary cast of Dreamland players. This is the stuff that would wind up on tabloids and really freak you out. This is another must have in your trash cinema collection
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Summary: You Have to Be a "Certain Kind of Person"
Review: ...Read: Insane. But, being slightly insane myself, and loving the movies Pecker, Hairspray, and Polyester, I one day decided I was ready for something a little more hardcore. Well...I got it.
I saw Female Trouble on IFC one night, and thought it was wonderful UP TO A POINT... I got a little freaked out around the time Dawn's exploiters get her her own show. But, that was nothing compared to the ending, at which I reacted with genuine horror--I am not kidding. Divine scared the s**t out of me in that final scene.
Don't get me wrong--I would still buy this--I would just stop the movie when it starts getting too weird, unless you want to show your friends what Waters' movies used to be like.
However, not having seen Pink Flamingos, I can't speak for that film. I can imagine that it is much of the same though. So, Female Trouble is hilarious, absurd, and wonderful...until it goes off the deep end.
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Summary: It's good to get dirty.
Review: These are the dirtiest... and perhaps the funniest films ever made. I first saw Pink Flamingos when I was 14 (!) and I loved it. Female Trouble is the better movie when it comes to storylines, but the outrageousness of Pink Flamingos is unforgettable. Divine's performances are terrible, yet terrific. John Waters really knew what he was doing when it came to these two cinema classics!
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Summary: John Waters at His Shocking Best
Review: As an opening disclaimer, if you are a big fan of "Hairspray" (in either ints movie or musical form), these films are not necessarily for you. Even after the films of the Farrelly Brothers, MTV's "Jackass," and countless other bits of media that suggest the fall of Western Civilization, "Pink Flamingos" and "Female Trouble" remain the crowning gems of shock cinema. These films have not only crossed the line of good taste; they've taken a paid vacation to a tropical island that sits 3,000 miles past the line. "Pink Flamingos" is the generally recognized classic. The film features infamous scenes of feces eating, meat smuggling, and singing rectums among its accomplishments of sleeze. Amazing, there is still a plot that involves two families vying to earn the title of "the filthiest people alive." What makes the movie work amidst its vile setpieces is the sense of fun behind it all, and the strangest delivery of some of the stranges lines ever. "Female Trouble" is even better. The convoluted but followable story revolves around Dawn Davenport and her lifelong attempts to become notorious, culminating in her completely insane presentation of murder as art. All of Waters' regulars appear once again, and the film trumps the disgustingness of "Pink Flamingos" (even if it has nothing quite as vomit inducing as eating dog poo). The commentaries on these discs are as great as the movie. I'm not a big fan of commentaries, but I always take the extra effort to give John Waters' rants a listen. Much of the info for these films may also be found in Waters' book "Shock Value" (which is also wonderful), but his speaking style is really infectious and captivating.
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Summary: Cult it is NOT!!
Review: So, it a nutshell...don't bother wasting your time like I did. To make a movie about bad taste and think that it will eventually become a cult is about as dumb as voting for G W Bush and thinking that he will usher in the second coming of Christ. Yeh, right! Left or Right....there are better things to do with your time.
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